hierarchicalParents: Get hierarchical parent terms

API: ac.uk:embl-ebi-ontology-lookup-service-ols-api
Endpoint: /ontologies/{ontologyId}/terms/{iri}/hierarchicalParents
Response format: application/json
Auth: none
Method: GET
Last Status: 200
Latency: 6600ms

Description

Returns the hierarchical (is-a) parent terms

Parameters (3)

iri (string, path, required)

URL-encoded IRI of the term

lang (string, query, optional, default: en)
ontologyId (string, path, required)

Examples (1)

Get hierarchical parents of independent continuant probe-gate
curl 'https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ols4/api/ontologies/go/terms/http%253A%252F%252Fpurl.obolibrary.org%252Fobo%252FBFO_0000004/hierarchicalParents'
import requests

resp = requests.get("https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ols4/api/ontologies/go/terms/http%253A%252F%252Fpurl.obolibrary.org%252Fobo%252FBFO_0000004/hierarchicalParents")
data = resp.json()
import zingu_apis

api = zingu_apis.api("embl-ebi-ontology-lookup-service-ols")
result = api.fetch("ontologies/{ontologyId}/terms/{iri}/hierarchicalParents")

for item in result:
    print(item)
const resp = await fetch("https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ols4/api/ontologies/go/terms/http%253A%252F%252Fpurl.obolibrary.org%252Fobo%252FBFO_0000004/hierarchicalParents");
const data = await resp.json();

Probe History

Latency

Status Codes

TimeStatusLatencySize
2026-04-16 16:53:50.201762 200 6600ms
2026-04-16 02:12:13.771036 200 209ms
2026-04-15 00:23:16.594440 200 242ms
2026-04-14 03:16:06.340367 200 218ms
2026-04-12 15:42:51.291046 200 210ms
2026-04-10 00:08:10.137918 200 176ms
2026-04-09 03:29:22.393270 200 249ms
2026-04-08 02:16:59.611582 200 281ms
2026-04-07 01:29:36.987224 200 231ms
2026-04-06 04:05:19.716260 200 438ms
2026-04-05 14:08:38.649126 200 434ms